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Dijkstra actually had a much more reasonable title on the article.

It was the editor of the publication Niklaus Wirth that changed the title to goto considered harmful.

Dijkstra was arguing for procedures with a single entry point and a single exit point. So it is easier to reason about what a procedure does.

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